NIFA Invests $10.6M in AFRI Predoctoral Fellowships (A7101)

The Predoctoral Fellowships Program Area Priority in the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative's Education and Workforce Development program help develop new scientists and professionals to enter research, education, and/or extension fields within the food and agricultural sciences within the private sector, government, or academia. The aim of these fellowships is to cultivate future leaders who can solve emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century. NIFA is particularly interested in supporting fellows that address (1) sustainable agricultural intensification; (2) agricultural climate adaptation; (3) food and nutrition translation; (4) value-added innovation; and (5) agricultural science policy leadership.

List of Awardees:

• Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona (2 awards)
• Colorado State University (3 awards)
• Cornell University (9 awards)
• Iowa State University of Science and Technology
• Michigan State University (3 awards)
• Milken Institute School of Public Health\
• New Mexico State University
• North Dakota State University (2 awards)
• Oklahoma State University
• Oregon State University (3 awards)
• Pennsylvania State University-Univ Park (10 awards)
• Portland State University
• Purdue University (2 awards)
• Regents of the University of Michigan
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• University of Louisville
• Texas A&M AgriLife Research
• The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System (2 awards
• The Curators of the University of Missouri
• The Ohio State University
• The Regents of the University of California (3 awards)
• The Regents of the University of California (Davis) (4 awards)
• The Regents of the University of Colorado
• The University of Tennessee
• University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture (2 awards)
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Kansas
• University of Kentucky Research Foundation
• University of Massachusetts Amherst
• University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Virginia Tech
• Washington State University (2 awards).